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Photos of the day 11/06

An Indian potter carries earthen lamps at a workshop ahead of the Hindu festival Diwali on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated on Nov. 13. Channi Anand/AP

Farmers' wives and children dressed in traditional Bavarian costumes with plastic covers to protect from the rain, ride in a wooden carriage on the way to the chapel on the Kalvarienberg in Bad Toelz, during the Leonhard procession. The Leonhardi Ritt procession is an annual event that started in the 17th century to pray to St. Leonhard, the patron saint of animals. Michael Dalder/Reuters

Michael Klueh of the United States competes in the final of men's 400-meter freestyle of the Swimming World Cup in Tokyo. Klueh won the short-course race. Koji Sasahara/AP

A worker changes fake bouquets in a giant flower basket at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Communist Party will hold its 18th National Congress on Thursday. The once-a-decade event will install new leadership to run the world's second largest economy and newly assertive global power. Alexander F. Yuan/AP

A petitioner rests on a bed she rents in a room she shares with two other petitioners, after the rental room were raided by unidentified men and dwelling petitioners were taken away a week ago, on the outskirts of Beijing. 'There is no law in China, especially for us petitioners and ordinary folk,' another petitioner said in an interview with The Associated Press, complaining about the impunity with which authorities detain 'petitioners' - people who bring local complaints directly to the central government in an age-old Chinese tradition that has continued during the Communist Party era. Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Thomas Carroll, of Hoboken, N.J., center left, gives a kiss to his new bride, Stephanie McClure, of Smyrna, Ga., as a small party cheers for them moments after they were married by city clerk James Farina at Hoboken City Hall, in Hoboken, N.J. The couple was scheduled to get married on Nov. 3, in Point Pleasant, N.J., but Superstorm Sandy washed away their wedding. Meanwhile, residents of Hoboken voted in the presidential election on Election Day in a polling place located in the adjacent room. Julio Cortez/AP

Supporters of the Ukrainian Opposition party take part in a rally outside the Central Elections Commission building in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine's opposition parties are protesting alleged election fraud in last month's parliamentary election. Sergei Chuzavkov/AP

A seagull flies over a lighthouse in front of Giglio harbor in Giglio, Italy. Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

An El Pais newspaper employee wears a pin against lay-offs during a protest outside the paper's headquarters in Madrid. Staff at one of Spain's most-read newspapers, El Pais, started a three-day strike on Tuesday in protest over a management plan to cut a third of the workforce to keep the title afloat as advertising income plummets in a deep recession. Susana Vera/Reuters

Workers are seen on the roof of the 'Bolshoy' Ice Dome, part of the complex of facilities to be used for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The 'Bolshoy' Ice Dome complex will have a capacity of 12,000 seats and will be covered by a dome. The design of the 'Bolshoy' Ice Dome is based on the image of a frozen drop and will be principally silver once complete. Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

An Indian girl is seen through the broken window of an abandoned and damaged car in a poor neighborhood of New Delhi. Kevin Frayer/AP

Nepalese men paint Swayambhunath stupa, an ancient religious complex atop a hill in Katmandu, Nepal. The complex is also known as the monkey temple as there are a lot of monkeys living there. Niranjan Shrestha/AP

A costumed participant holds a burning torch during a procession for Bonfire night celebrations in Lewes, southern England on Monday. The processions and bonfire mark the uncovering of Guy Fawkes' 'Gunpowder Plot' to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605, and commemorates the memory of Lewes' seventeen Protestant martyrs. Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Montepellier's fans hold flares before the start of a group B Champions League soccer match against Olympiakos at Karaiskaki stadium, in Piraeus near Athens. Petros Giannakouris/AP

A member of an indigenous Brazilian Indian ethnic group takes part in a protest asking for improvement in healthcare for indigenous communities and a repeal of Ordinance 303 of the Attorney General's Office (AGU), in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Protesters from nine indigenous Indian ethnic groups from the states of Amazonas and Maranhao demonstrated against Ordinance 303, which prohibits the expansion of indigenous lands already demarcated, and the sale or lease of any portion of these territories, and demanded more flexibility in the demarcation of indigenous lands. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

Ibrahim Adekunle rubs his jaw as he sits inside one of his converted vehicles at a science fair in Lagos, Nigeria. Young children with inventions flocked to the Maker Faire Africa in Lagos this week to show off their creations. While Nigeria faces challenges from a lack of state-run power and poor schooling, organizers hope the fair will inspire children to pursue their interest in science and technology. Jon Gambrell/AP

A couple stroll past autumnal trees on a sunny autumn afternoon in a park in Vienna. Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

A performance artist in vintage clothing poses during the inauguration of the new departures terminal at the Henri Coanda International Airport in Otopeni, north of Bucharest, Romania. The new terminal will double the capacity of the existing departure facility and is one of Romania's requirements to access the European Union's passport-free Schengen area, according to the airport's authorities. Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

In this photo, Attahi Mohammed Sigit, sheik of Sigili village, North Darfur, shows to African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) staff members the destruction occurred in the village last Friday, when he lost his 18-year-old son along with other several community members shot and killed by an armed force. The incident was reported by the local community with several killed people, one injured child and the abduction of a young man, around 15 burnt houses and all properties were looted, including the killing of camels, donkeys and cows. It is not clear who was behind the killings. Albert González Farran/UNAMID/AP

Ricardo (r.) and Edorta, a gay couple who were married last August 4, pose in their house, in Burlada, northern Spain. Spain’s Constitutional Court upheld the legality of the country's gay marriage law on Tuesday, rejecting an appeal contending that marriage in the Spanish constitution means only the union of a man and woman. Alvaro Barrientos/AP

A shopper shows off South Africa's new banknotes, which features an image of former president Nelson Mandela on the front and images of the country's 'Big Five' wild animals on the reverse, as they go into official circulation in Pretoria, South Africa. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Sakher, a crocodile captured and named by Palestinian police after it lived in a sewage pond since fleeing the zoo in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip two years ago, is seen through cage bars. Police officer Lt. Col. Samih al-Sultan says after weeks of chasing the reptile, they finally caught him by entangling him in shark nets. The crocodile was originally bought into blockaded Gaza through a smuggling tunnel linking the territory to neighboring Egypt. Hatem Moussa/AP

Thai oarsmen row a royal barge during the dress rehearsal on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. The Royal Barge Procession, the 700-year-old Thai traditional ceremony, will be held on November 9 to mark the end of Buddhist lent day and to celebrate the 85th Birthday of King Bhumibol. Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Residents flee their homes after a shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Houla, near Homs, Syria. Courtesy of Misra Al-Misri/Shaam News Network/Reuters

Children from poor families attend a free class in Islamabad, Pakistan. Volunteers teach children who cannot afford school fees in public parks in the capital. Faisal Mahmood/Reuters

Children walk along a harbor in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. The government said last week that 89 people were killed, 136 were injured and more than 32,000 made homeless in communal violence in Rakhine state last month in which more than 5,000 houses were burned down. Khin Maung Win/AP

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Hardline Islamist insurgents, including the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, now control a second Syrian province after Raqqa, the stronghold of the Islamic State group. But ISIS isn't allied with the Islamists who tookover Idlib.

ByMariam Karouny, ReutersMarch 28, 2015

Islamist groups including Al Qaeda's Nusra Front - but not ISIS - have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in Syria's civil war, fighters and a monitoring group said on Saturday.